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>> well, as you remember, larry, the romney campaign feels during the town hall romney didn't have a great answer on libya so they spent the last week on libya going hour by hour in how the administration failed to react to that tragedy in benghazi. >> hour by hour, is that what you're saying, heavy stuff hour by hour? >> romney wants to critique what happened in libya and of the administration's entire record and wants to use libya as something indicative of obama's foreign policy failures. >> last one, but very important. as reagan taught all of us many years ago, a strong foreign policy must be based on a strong economy. will romney make economic points as the basis for a strong foreign policy? >> reporter: larry, i asked someone in the romney high command that exact question, and they said he'll do that as much as he can. this may be a foreign policy debate, but romney wants to bring up the economy. that's where he's strong, and he wants to continue to do that in this final debate. >> all right. robert costa, i like what i'm hearing. excellent report. let's dive right in with our
>> well, as you remember, larry, the romney campaign feels during the town hall romney didn't have a great answer on libya so they spent the last week on libya going hour by hour in how the administration failed to react to that tragedy in benghazi. >> hour by hour, is that what you're saying, heavy stuff hour by hour? >> romney wants to critique what happened in libya and of the administration's entire record and wants to use libya as something indicative of obama's foreign...
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the equity guys say romney would be a short-term positive for equities. >> if romney's elected and bernanke leaves, that changes the equation. that's, i think, a concern that's been in the market for the last week or so. i understand what they're saying about the short-term positive. but i think this market's about monetary stimulus. it's about the fed. that's what's been driving it. if romney wins and bernanke leave, the fed's gone. that's what the market is worried about. >> all right, gentlemen. thank you for your thoughts today. appreciate it. >> we'll see you soon, guys. thanks. >> all right. heading toward the close here with about 53 minutes left in the trading session. here we go again. hugging the unchange level, wondering whether we're going to have an up day or down day. >> there are a number of companies actually hitting new highs. we're going to get to that after this short break. even with the lackluster performance, we've got some good winners here. don't go anywhere. we're just getting started on this jam-packed edition of the "closing bell." >>> coming up, simple arrhythmia
the equity guys say romney would be a short-term positive for equities. >> if romney's elected and bernanke leaves, that changes the equation. that's, i think, a concern that's been in the market for the last week or so. i understand what they're saying about the short-term positive. but i think this market's about monetary stimulus. it's about the fed. that's what's been driving it. if romney wins and bernanke leave, the fed's gone. that's what the market is worried about. >> all...
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even if romney wins, we'll continue to repeat the same mistakes. obama is repeating the mistakes much bush and the fed is still there, ben bernanke has been repeating the mistakes of gre greenspan. jo think we have change until we have a monetary crisis. that is looming on the horizon sometime soon. >> folks, thank you for joining us. we'll see what happens here as we head into the final hour of trade. >> bob insana was driving the market? >> the fact that apple isn't having the volatility that people thought. we were lower, 1.5% to the downside but apple is essentially flat on the day on huge volume. north of 30 million shares, that's what driving things today. there's a lot of talk about the impact of hurricane sandy but not a lot on the stock market. there's been play on roofing and water proofing company up a little bit here. rpm and wr grace do a lot of water proofing but i don't see heavy volume. insurance companies, understandably, some of the ones with exposures, little weak. travelers and chubb, not big volume in them. whitewave foods thin
even if romney wins, we'll continue to repeat the same mistakes. obama is repeating the mistakes much bush and the fed is still there, ben bernanke has been repeating the mistakes of gre greenspan. jo think we have change until we have a monetary crisis. that is looming on the horizon sometime soon. >> folks, thank you for joining us. we'll see what happens here as we head into the final hour of trade. >> bob insana was driving the market? >> the fact that apple isn't having...
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there's a shot of governor romney's wife, ann romney. of course, things are heating up ahead of the third and final face-to-face confrontation. foreign policy converges with domestic policy. >> john, it's all intertwined now, isn't it? >> absolutely. you know, when you have a global economy like we have, all of the factors of american power are bound up with economic strength. and so you can make a fundamental argument that the best way for america to lead in the world is to have a strong economy. i would expect both candidates to make that point tonight. and explain why there are different approaches to achie achieving that are superior. you've got china, the turmoil in the middle east, the war in afghanistan, president obama makes arguments about in afghanistan, for example, he's got a new ad this week saying mitt romney wants to keep troops there longer than i do. i think it's time to bring troops home and build a nation at home. that is a resonant argument. that's why mitt romney doesn't disagree with him on that timeline for afghani
there's a shot of governor romney's wife, ann romney. of course, things are heating up ahead of the third and final face-to-face confrontation. foreign policy converges with domestic policy. >> john, it's all intertwined now, isn't it? >> absolutely. you know, when you have a global economy like we have, all of the factors of american power are bound up with economic strength. and so you can make a fundamental argument that the best way for america to lead in the world is to have a...
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defense mitt romney's potential commander in chief. mitt romney has gained in the polls on that dimension. he might only be able to focus on the economy during the last couple of weeks. this is a forum that is inherently hard to be aggressive in. you're sitting down around a table with the moderator. keep in mind that we'll probably have reduced audiences because of "monday night football" and baseball games tonight. so the question is is this going to have an impact? and can president obama make it have an impact? >> actually, i feel bad for "monday night football." that's how bad the ratings are going to be. >>> because of the subject matter, it inherently favors the sitting president. >> i think it would have inherently favored president obama had it not been for the benghazi business. the benghazi business has changed foreign policy. i think that's a big problem. >> how do you think he's going to answer the benghazi question? >> i don't know. there are people writing timelines, there are people parsing through the intelligence. i a
defense mitt romney's potential commander in chief. mitt romney has gained in the polls on that dimension. he might only be able to focus on the economy during the last couple of weeks. this is a forum that is inherently hard to be aggressive in. you're sitting down around a table with the moderator. keep in mind that we'll probably have reduced audiences because of "monday night football" and baseball games tonight. so the question is is this going to have an impact? and can...
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the obama campaign said direct your questions to the romney campaign since donald trump works for romney. the romney campaign doesn't want to have anything to do with this either, guys. >> john harwood, thank you very much. >>> shares of facebook seeing their largest one-day gain since its ipo in may after gaining gains in the key mobile advertising space. has the social network finally figured out how to make money in mobile? julia boorstin joins us from california. hi, julia. >> hi, sue. well, it does seem to have figured mobile out. i'll tell you how ceo mark zuckerberg plans to turn facebook's biggest challenge into its biggest potential opportunity after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward gui
the obama campaign said direct your questions to the romney campaign since donald trump works for romney. the romney campaign doesn't want to have anything to do with this either, guys. >> john harwood, thank you very much. >>> shares of facebook seeing their largest one-day gain since its ipo in may after gaining gains in the key mobile advertising space. has the social network finally figured out how to make money in mobile? julia boorstin joins us from california. hi, julia....
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also, mitt romney needs to be known in the role as commander in chief. i think he will, like ronald reagan, project the belief of peace through strength but at the same time he's very aware that americans are war weary. they don't want to go into anymore wars. they want us out but they want peace with honor and not just a withdrawal and disarray as what happened in iraq and likely to happen under afghanistan under this guy and of course relations with russia and including the latest debacle in libya. >> senator, i don't understand. this whole benghazi story boggles the mind. it was september 11th. the embassies burned. our ambassador is murdered. "the wall street journal" reported that the cia told the president for ten days in his daily briefings that we could see an attack on the u.s. consulate and there was the result of protests. why would the president not call it out for what it was on day one? why wait so long to tell the american people that it was a terrorist attack? is it to justify defense cuts? to make everybody believe since bin laden is dea
also, mitt romney needs to be known in the role as commander in chief. i think he will, like ronald reagan, project the belief of peace through strength but at the same time he's very aware that americans are war weary. they don't want to go into anymore wars. they want us out but they want peace with honor and not just a withdrawal and disarray as what happened in iraq and likely to happen under afghanistan under this guy and of course relations with russia and including the latest debacle in...
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>> no, i tweeted romney would be better for stocks and romney would be b -- obama would be better for bonds. i agree there is potentially a hawkish fed chairman. republicans have not really been for the past 50 years, at least, a tight money party. look at nixon in terms of breaking the gold standard. look at reagan in terms of reappointing volcker in 1984. volcker was a carter appointee and only reappointed when he was lowering interest rates. of course, bush with bernanke. so it's hard to find evidence that the republican party is really the party of tight money. >> i just want to add to that, that bill is exactly right. all of the analyses i've read about the potential for what would happen to interest rates under a romney presidency, that's half of the story. other half is what happens on the fiscal side that would have also a huge impact on interest rates. if romney were to come in, be more hawkish, appoint a more hawkish fed chair but be tight weather it comes to the deficit -- >> who do you think might be the gop's potential candidate in terms of replacement for ben? i've heard
>> no, i tweeted romney would be better for stocks and romney would be b -- obama would be better for bonds. i agree there is potentially a hawkish fed chairman. republicans have not really been for the past 50 years, at least, a tight money party. look at nixon in terms of breaking the gold standard. look at reagan in terms of reappointing volcker in 1984. volcker was a carter appointee and only reappointed when he was lowering interest rates. of course, bush with bernanke. so it's hard...
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we see that president obama and mitt romney are now tied in that state. nine electoral votes, very important. you then look to nevada where the president's holding a lead still. 50-47. the reason that's important is that mitt romney, all of these battleground states are states that barack obama carried in 2008. mitt romney has to take away most of them in order to get the 270 electoral votes, sue. he hasn't gotten there yet. he's got some advantages in places like florida. he's moving up in virginia. but he's got to try to crack ohio and then you've got states like out west like nevada which are the president's holding a lead. in wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, holding a lead. if mitt romney can't put together some combination of those he's not going to make it. >> does your gut tell you if he'll be able to do that, or no? >> continues whether or not he gets a breeze at his back and sustains momentum. he got a lift after the first debate in denver. that's made a difference. the question is, is that lift gone or is that momentum still going to push him.
we see that president obama and mitt romney are now tied in that state. nine electoral votes, very important. you then look to nevada where the president's holding a lead still. 50-47. the reason that's important is that mitt romney, all of these battleground states are states that barack obama carried in 2008. mitt romney has to take away most of them in order to get the 270 electoral votes, sue. he hasn't gotten there yet. he's got some advantages in places like florida. he's moving up in...
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he has a new ad hitting romney on that, suggesting romney would keep troops in iran and afghanistan longer than he would. you can expect him to tie that back. one of the back drops for this is a new nbc/wall street journal poll that shows mitt romney and barack obama deadlocked at 47% among likely voters. two principle elements to mitt romney's rise to a tie. he had been down by three points in our last poll among likely voters. one is he's regained his edge in terms of who can best handle the economy. it was tied in mid-september. now 46-47%. he's had a rise in assessments of ability to serve as commander in chief. that could be as a result of his strong performance in the first debate, in particular. perhaps some fallout from what happened to president obama, the hit he's taken on leadership over the libya situation. right now mitt romney only trails 44-41 on who would be a better commander in chief. that suggests he enters this debate tonight at some level of parity on that. >> parity seems to be the operative word on many fronts. long day for you and me. for more on the debate, we're j
he has a new ad hitting romney on that, suggesting romney would keep troops in iran and afghanistan longer than he would. you can expect him to tie that back. one of the back drops for this is a new nbc/wall street journal poll that shows mitt romney and barack obama deadlocked at 47% among likely voters. two principle elements to mitt romney's rise to a tie. he had been down by three points in our last poll among likely voters. one is he's regained his edge in terms of who can best handle the...
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romney will be able to pull out a victory in ohio? >> well, i think pretty much because the past four years. we've seen what the president has to offer. his going forward isn't a whole lot different than it's been in the past four years. and i think people are ready for a change. big word obama used last time. he was going to cut the deficit in half, increase jobs, we have a little bit of job growth. i don't always credit washington for that. i do credit the states and localities for that. but certainly the deficit's getting out of control and i think people are worried about their future generations being strapped with that. surely governor romney's been in ohio probably just as much as the president. they're hitting us quite a bit. people had a chance to listen what he had to say and trust in it. >> mayor coleman, you're mayor of columbus, ohio. the biggest city. how is the economy? it's coming down in this election to not only the future for other generations but also the economic picture in specific areas of the country. how is th
romney will be able to pull out a victory in ohio? >> well, i think pretty much because the past four years. we've seen what the president has to offer. his going forward isn't a whole lot different than it's been in the past four years. and i think people are ready for a change. big word obama used last time. he was going to cut the deficit in half, increase jobs, we have a little bit of job growth. i don't always credit washington for that. i do credit the states and localities for...
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i think people have seen the real mitt romney, the individual who has had an incredible track record of success, solving complex problems both in the private sector at bain years ago but also in the public sock tore in terms of saving the salt lake city olympics and governor of the state of massachusetts during a point in time when we had incredible bigt situation in the state and he was able to solve that. >> that was one of the points he made at the debate. he was able in the face of different parties, he was able to -- >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, all we can do is look at the track record of the individuals to figure out what might happen going forward. >> even with all of this uncertainty, there's a recent poll of private equity executives that say they plan to invest more in 2013. are you in that camp? >> i think, again, it's hard to predict our hope is that there will be some level of growth particularly as the political environment evolves. >> you're waiting for the election like everybody else? >> waiting for the election like everyone else. >> exactly. >> sitting on c
i think people have seen the real mitt romney, the individual who has had an incredible track record of success, solving complex problems both in the private sector at bain years ago but also in the public sock tore in terms of saving the salt lake city olympics and governor of the state of massachusetts during a point in time when we had incredible bigt situation in the state and he was able to solve that. >> that was one of the points he made at the debate. he was able in the face of...
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romney called for a stronger u.s. presence on the world stage while the president argued his opponent had been in-consistent on his views. they did agree on several issues such as ending the war in afghanistan and possible military intervention in syria. but differed sharply on tackling iran's nuclear program. it's warned romney eye anti-iran rhetoric makes solving the dispute harder. it must be through diplomacy and not military reaction. one 69 subjects that's come up in tel aviv. the governor of the bank of israel. hadley, how is he responding to -- i suppose in israel you're always responding to increased tensions. what did he have to say? >> well, ross, he did mention that there are contingency plans in place. but i did want to talk just a bit about the comments following a report that we saw from the "new york times" last week saying the white house and tehran are preparing for the resumption of nuclear talks. president obama last night did deny that report and then he said that hasn't stopped the internal debat
romney called for a stronger u.s. presence on the world stage while the president argued his opponent had been in-consistent on his views. they did agree on several issues such as ending the war in afghanistan and possible military intervention in syria. but differed sharply on tackling iran's nuclear program. it's warned romney eye anti-iran rhetoric makes solving the dispute harder. it must be through diplomacy and not military reaction. one 69 subjects that's come up in tel aviv. the...
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i think romney wants to stop this whole qe bond buying program and everything else. the question is how long does bernanke stay? tuz he realize the writing's on the wall and he wants to fwet out now or later. i definitely think that could affect the market and that could put pressure on the downside also. >> we're buying the dip in the 10-year futures. we're looking to go long the market now. now you know how our guys are making money in the futures market. what about you? which do you think is a better buy? stocks or bonds? logon to futuresnow.cnbc.cole. vote in our poll. we'll give you results in our live streaming show 1:00 p.m. eastern. tune in today. one and only peter schiff is going to join us and tell you how to play gold right now. >> that'll be great. he's always a great guest. thank you, jackie. >>> coming up on "the halftime report," this luxury casino and resort raising its dividend after earnings beat the street. should investors roll the dice? >>> he delivered alpha for you on cnbc this summer. >> there are three repressive, repugnant, rogue countries
i think romney wants to stop this whole qe bond buying program and everything else. the question is how long does bernanke stay? tuz he realize the writing's on the wall and he wants to fwet out now or later. i definitely think that could affect the market and that could put pressure on the downside also. >> we're buying the dip in the 10-year futures. we're looking to go long the market now. now you know how our guys are making money in the futures market. what about you? which do you...
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most people would argue the market would prefer romney win. that notion doesn't seem to be helping any. maybe it is keeping us from falling further. who knows? >> maybe. i think it's becoming politically immune down here, believe it or not. just every little saying and stuff turns this market so much, so drastically because there's no volume and stuff like that. i'm not going to look into anything. we've got 15 gdays for all of that to sort out. >> it's going to be a long couple of weeks. names that have done well. largely u.s.-centric. even though they might be luxury names, consumer discretionary names. if your revenue comes from home, you tend to be doing better for whom it comes from europe or china. >> we talked about that before. caterpillar was one with a lot of european exposure. they suffered greatly. u.p.s. was another one, they were down on their european exposure. yahoo is one i look at today. great company. they've got a turnaround story. the stock's performing nicely, up 90 cents last night. >> also hard to separate the weakness
most people would argue the market would prefer romney win. that notion doesn't seem to be helping any. maybe it is keeping us from falling further. who knows? >> maybe. i think it's becoming politically immune down here, believe it or not. just every little saying and stuff turns this market so much, so drastically because there's no volume and stuff like that. i'm not going to look into anything. we've got 15 gdays for all of that to sort out. >> it's going to be a long couple of...
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if you think romney's going to win, you don't want to own the housing stocks. why do i say that? because bernanke has been the best supporter of housing stocks. if you want a more speculative housing play, i would go with polty or lennar. let's go to john in massachusetts, please. john? >> caller: hey, boo-yah, jim. how you doing from halifax, massachusetts. my question is about best buy. my son has a bunch of stock, he worked for the company. is there a buyout? where's it going? >> there's no buyout. i believe the balance sheet is bad. companies that have bad balance sheets tend not to get buyouts. i think your son should be scaling out of the stock. i think that's important. i mean it. i think he should be selling the stock. let's go to ron in california. >> caller: jim, boo-yah from beautiful san clemente, california. my wife, adele, and i love you. we love the show. i want to say thank you so much for the tips on ross stores and harley davidson. i made money on both of them. >> i like that! >> caller: and i own a packaging company too. anyways, professor, i want to know your
if you think romney's going to win, you don't want to own the housing stocks. why do i say that? because bernanke has been the best supporter of housing stocks. if you want a more speculative housing play, i would go with polty or lennar. let's go to john in massachusetts, please. john? >> caller: hey, boo-yah, jim. how you doing from halifax, massachusetts. my question is about best buy. my son has a bunch of stock, he worked for the company. is there a buyout? where's it going? >>...
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what will happen to fed policy and rates in the event of a romney presidential victory. the market is taking more seriously his vow to replace ben bernanke and criticism of fed policy including a monetary cliff. fund manager writing today the election may impact everything from mortgage costs to the costs of financing the u.s. debt. trillions are at stake as well as fate of the u.s. dollar. columbia business school glenn hubbard is a favorite to lead. he says hubbard will lead toward mopping up liquidity sooner. but a report that came out yesterday any new fed chairman after january 2014 in a romney presidency is likely to be more hawkish than under an obama presidency. changes will be gradual as a new chair needs the support of the open federal community. they will pull forward higher short-term rates in a leadup to an announcement in the summer of 2013 of bernanke's replacement under a romney presidency. there will be little effect on the long end. in other words, curve flattening but also a question of whether romney would push for tighter policy even before the chair
what will happen to fed policy and rates in the event of a romney presidential victory. the market is taking more seriously his vow to replace ben bernanke and criticism of fed policy including a monetary cliff. fund manager writing today the election may impact everything from mortgage costs to the costs of financing the u.s. debt. trillions are at stake as well as fate of the u.s. dollar. columbia business school glenn hubbard is a favorite to lead. he says hubbard will lead toward mopping up...
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should ben bernanke, even if he stays until 2014, if it looks as though mitt romney is going to win, i think the market has to make an adjustment long before the fed chairman actually leaves his post next year. >> all right. so you're talking about a change in the white house as well as a change in the federal reserve. thanks, guys. really appreciate your time tonight. see you soon. >> thank you. >> bob, this market today under some selling pressure. not a bad day, though. fractional moves. >> i think the big hope was that the fed would sort of make some comment about the economy. really didn't happen. there was a bit of a delayed reaction. a very narrow trading range. take a look at the dow jones industrial average. we've been drifting lower for the last several days. we're doing a little bit of technical damage. the hope i had this morning was that maybe they'd upgrade their outlook on housing at least. look at the home builders today. new home sales, highest since april 2010. we got some of the housing starts numbers that were the best in years. i thought they'd upgrade that. they
should ben bernanke, even if he stays until 2014, if it looks as though mitt romney is going to win, i think the market has to make an adjustment long before the fed chairman actually leaves his post next year. >> all right. so you're talking about a change in the white house as well as a change in the federal reserve. thanks, guys. really appreciate your time tonight. see you soon. >> thank you. >> bob, this market today under some selling pressure. not a bad day, though....
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probably a cadre working on romney. digging in to his garbage. >> david's invested a lot of his time. >> you ignore me. >> wise course. >> did you see victor pandit? >> you're trying to avoid this "wall street journal" editor kral. they channeled you. liberals confuse a pro-growth plea with a tax rate hike. this is the same discussion we had yesterday morning where we were talking semantics whether you call it a rise in tax revenues, lowering tax rates, higher effective tax rates. you were taking it immediately as a stamp of approval from the ceos to raise taxes, which is what they're talking about is a pro-growth plan. >> all the ceos can say we agree, but once you actually get down to the devil and the detail, it will be much more -- >> so you lost that argument yesterday. so today you booked larry summers, peter orszag, jared bernstein. i'm going to be -- >> you'll be just fine. >> no, i'm not. high bladder is really acting you up. i'll be leaving a lot. >> vacating the set? >> dryeah. >> we do have peter orszag. the
probably a cadre working on romney. digging in to his garbage. >> david's invested a lot of his time. >> you ignore me. >> wise course. >> did you see victor pandit? >> you're trying to avoid this "wall street journal" editor kral. they channeled you. liberals confuse a pro-growth plea with a tax rate hike. this is the same discussion we had yesterday morning where we were talking semantics whether you call it a rise in tax revenues, lowering tax rates,...
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so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>> today's disaster -- crocs. last quarter's earnings weren't awful, but the company -- look at that stock is getting whacked because it cut its forecast. can you blame europe in large part, folks. sales rose 7.4% in the americas. 11% in asia. but they dropped nearly 3% for europe. quarter fourth projects break-even earnings per share of revenue of $220 million
so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading...
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there's not going to be a romney fed confrontation. nada. not going to happen. don't even think about it. anyway, the romney people would not be unhappy with a zero interest rate for their first year, right, so they could help get the economy jump started maybe with some better tax and regulation policy. anyway, they couldn't move bernanke because he's stubborn. and, anyway, the federal reserve board is stacked with easy money obama appointees. so it would be like knocking up against -- it's not romney's style. he's just not going to do that. on the other hand, i think warsh is right. the fed is still worried about the economy. look at the numbers this morning on capital goods and durable goods. take out defense and take out aircraft. these were lousy numbers. businesses not investing. there's no capital goods activity. >> we had a bunch of ceos ring the bell today from fix the debt. >> yes. >> proposing what judd gregg today called a simpson/bowles plus type template. does that impress you? is that going to get us anywhere? >> depends what it is. i'm a tax refo
there's not going to be a romney fed confrontation. nada. not going to happen. don't even think about it. anyway, the romney people would not be unhappy with a zero interest rate for their first year, right, so they could help get the economy jump started maybe with some better tax and regulation policy. anyway, they couldn't move bernanke because he's stubborn. and, anyway, the federal reserve board is stacked with easy money obama appointees. so it would be like knocking up against -- it's...
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romney's in maine. >> ohio is a big, big state. this is ground central for this whole campaign. >> yeah. >> you okay? you're beside yourself. >> i'm fine. >> you sure? >> i'm fine. >> you got a good-looking haircut. and there's more to life than a lot of this other stuff. you got your twins. >> you're right. they just whispered in my ear. i forgot lubrisol. >> he can't throw cornell in. >> but we should talk a lot about colorado, right? >> colorado. oh, my undergraduate school. they may turn that into a football club now i think instead of an actual -- that's what i would do. just try to compete. intramural maybe. >> okay, becky, we'll come back to you in just a moment. right now it's time for the global markets report. we're going to go across the pond where ross westgate is standing by in london to give us an update on what's going on over there. a little bit of a setup to what might happen here in the markets after a couple of very rough days, ross. >> yeah, andrew. and falls yesterday for the european markets, ftse doing a litt
romney's in maine. >> ohio is a big, big state. this is ground central for this whole campaign. >> yeah. >> you okay? you're beside yourself. >> i'm fine. >> you sure? >> i'm fine. >> you got a good-looking haircut. and there's more to life than a lot of this other stuff. you got your twins. >> you're right. they just whispered in my ear. i forgot lubrisol. >> he can't throw cornell in. >> but we should talk a lot about colorado,...
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congressman paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate, has called the payroll tax cut sugar high economics. that 2% at a roll tax cut on wages is used to fund social security. aarp arguably the most powerful lobby for seniors says after two years a further extension sets a bad precedent in undermining funding for social security. it will be over the fate of the bush tax cuts especially for rich americans versus extending middle class tax cuts. so can we say negotiations? >> can we is the question. thanks, hampton. how will this battle play out? andrew fieldhouse is with economic policy institute. he says allowing social security tax cut to expire puts too much drag on the economy right now. alex is an economist and research fellow at the american enterprise institute who thinks the tax cut was and still is a bad idea. andrew, why should the payroll tax cut be extended? >> it's premature to withdraw any fiscal stimulus at this point. both sides of the aisle are concerned now that it will push the economy back into a recession. it's important to understand that expiring ad hoc fiscal stimulu
congressman paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate, has called the payroll tax cut sugar high economics. that 2% at a roll tax cut on wages is used to fund social security. aarp arguably the most powerful lobby for seniors says after two years a further extension sets a bad precedent in undermining funding for social security. it will be over the fate of the bush tax cuts especially for rich americans versus extending middle class tax cuts. so can we say negotiations? >> can we is the...
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economy will not pick up until romney wins november 7th. should he not win, it will not pick up at all. europe and the market may love qe, but american business does not. if you want to join us in those conversations, e-mail us worldwide. mario draghi facing lawmakers in a closed door session in berlin. silvia is there. he's got a two-hour grilling today, as i understand. what's going to be on top of the agenda. >> i think inflation is always something us germans are concerned about. that might be called paranoid by others. the other part of the question is clearly accountability. the ecb's role has changed since its inception. it's become more the crisis manager in the eurozone. stepping up to the fray with actions and measures and instruments that weren't originally maybe in the tool kit, including omt, including bond purchases, including, as we move on, if the ecb is taking on the role as bank supervisor. more lawmakers in the relevant committees, but also in the general sessions saying that there must be more transparency and there must
economy will not pick up until romney wins november 7th. should he not win, it will not pick up at all. europe and the market may love qe, but american business does not. if you want to join us in those conversations, e-mail us worldwide. mario draghi facing lawmakers in a closed door session in berlin. silvia is there. he's got a two-hour grilling today, as i understand. what's going to be on top of the agenda. >> i think inflation is always something us germans are concerned about. that...
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the president's schedule has him doing more events that will have to be canceled than romney. on the other hand, because romney is down a field goal and needs something to happen, the idea that sandy could flereeze things in place for a few days is not necessarily good for him because he had momentum after the first debate. the momentum seems to have died out. it's left him in a very competitive position. he could win the election. but he may need a little bit of push by the end. and then the other thing that people talk about is the idea that president obama can showrd shal leadership and he's helping people, using fema and other tools of the administration. i'm kind of skeptical of that because i think people understand that that's a president's job. i don't see the president getting much mileage out of that. but who knows. >> this is a random question. if the election were held tomorrow, would they ever cancel or delay the actual election itself due to weather,s that that ever happened? >> not to my knowledge. i think it would be very, very difficult to do. but, you know, s
the president's schedule has him doing more events that will have to be canceled than romney. on the other hand, because romney is down a field goal and needs something to happen, the idea that sandy could flereeze things in place for a few days is not necessarily good for him because he had momentum after the first debate. the momentum seems to have died out. it's left him in a very competitive position. he could win the election. but he may need a little bit of push by the end. and then the...
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. >> romney supporters may not question the validity of the data but they'll say that 2% is not strong enough to support job growth in this economy. while the numbers are not bad, they're not bad, they're not good and they're not good enough for job creation. >> last night on "mad money" you said almost no company gets through the ridiculous gauntlet of the third quarter unscathed and you have said the next 11 days before election day are going to be tough no matter what. >> they're torture. i keep coming back to a couple -- this is the best example. we had broadcom on the other day. scott mcgregor, the ceo. they blew in numbers when it comes to wireless. they did good cable numbers. we had comcast with good numbers. they exceeded every single metric. they have tremendous apple business. i was joking about going 33 bid because stock was at 34 at a time. the stock has not had a minute's rest. it keeps going down. what more does the market want? the gauntlet is to high. it had technology. it had a sense that the peak was reached with apple. in other words, sell broadcom. that stock would
. >> romney supporters may not question the validity of the data but they'll say that 2% is not strong enough to support job growth in this economy. while the numbers are not bad, they're not bad, they're not good and they're not good enough for job creation. >> last night on "mad money" you said almost no company gets through the ridiculous gauntlet of the third quarter unscathed and you have said the next 11 days before election day are going to be tough no matter what....
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we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it comes time to stand up for our beliefs and values overseas, they think we are a super power in decline. >> reporter: and there you have paul ryan last night in colorado trying to rev up a campaign rally. you know, we talk a lot about benghazi and how it's going to be an issue tonight. i think it's going to be an issue in a broader spectrum for mitt romney to try to talk more about terrorism in the middle east and, of course, paul ryan there talking about what america's standing is, and i think he's speaking directly to the report now that the u.s.
we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it...
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romney needs it. the president would like to keep it. >> we're hearing so many of these reports there could be recounts like in 2000. one of candidates could win the popular vote, lose the electoral college vote. there are intriguing possibilities out there. >> you mention 2000. this has happened four times in our history. of course the most recent time was 12 years ago where al gore actually won in the popular vote. george w. bush became the president of the united states because of 537 votes in florida. again people think the map this year will be more like this. romney will do better in a lot of these states. some people think it's possible romney ekes out a popular win. it's so close it could go the other way too. the president could win the popular vote. is it likely to happen? both campaigns say probably not. because tgs so close it's possible. we've got a lot of lawyers standing by in case of a recount, other morning after question. >> a lot of lawyers are standing by as well. you were in ohio,
romney needs it. the president would like to keep it. >> we're hearing so many of these reports there could be recounts like in 2000. one of candidates could win the popular vote, lose the electoral college vote. there are intriguing possibilities out there. >> you mention 2000. this has happened four times in our history. of course the most recent time was 12 years ago where al gore actually won in the popular vote. george w. bush became the president of the united states because...
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cnn estimates that mitt romney is leading in is states. it takes 270 to win the white house. >> our campaign is growing into a movement that says we are going to get america back and strong and provide for our families. >> but president obama is in the midst of a 48 hour non-stop campaigning exhibition. >> people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? they can have confidence that the things i say, i mean. >> we begin tonight with the governor of massachusetts. governor how are you? >> i'm great how are you? >> somebody tweeted me, it said whether you are a supporter or not of president obama, what he doesn't hear of people saying he has done a brilliant job, that is why he should be re-elected. >> how do you react to that? >> i told you the story about when the president came to visit me. i want him to take the advice in terms of the bragging. this president added 5.5 million jobs in the last few months. who has extended health care to every single american after 90 years of trying and brought bin laden to
cnn estimates that mitt romney is leading in is states. it takes 270 to win the white house. >> our campaign is growing into a movement that says we are going to get america back and strong and provide for our families. >> but president obama is in the midst of a 48 hour non-stop campaigning exhibition. >> people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? they can have confidence that the things i say, i mean. >> we begin tonight with the...
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what mitt romney says about ships and the navy is foolish. the notion that you can measure the strength of our navy by lining up all of our ships in the harbor and counting them is silly. on the issue of whether or not these debates are about finding common ground, you know, being commander in chief is about providing leadership. it's not necessarily about providing common ground. it's about providing a clear direction. mitt romney's problem is that he's never been able to do that. >> quick final word. >> you know, i think that's a silly argument. i think we've got to have a president who can find common ground, move us forward. that's the whole problem with washington. and i think mitt romney has demonstrated he knows how to do it. >> thanks very much to both of you. we will see, two weeks to go. "outfront" next, we go to florida, where john avlon is touring the state, talking to a small group of voters who literally could decide the entire election. >>> and apple already changed the tablet world when they had the ipad. have they done it aga
what mitt romney says about ships and the navy is foolish. the notion that you can measure the strength of our navy by lining up all of our ships in the harbor and counting them is silly. on the issue of whether or not these debates are about finding common ground, you know, being commander in chief is about providing leadership. it's not necessarily about providing common ground. it's about providing a clear direction. mitt romney's problem is that he's never been able to do that. >>...
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senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this campaign. trying to distance themselves from mourdock while at the same time not throwing him under the bus. >> we saw the obama campaign jump on this pretty quickly. do they plan to keep those attacks up beyond today? >> well, to the extent that this continues to be part of the new cycle, certainly. they believe they have been trying to paint the portrait. when it comes to women's health issues and them having control over their own bodies and the republican party is dangerous. the campaign jumping on this right away and the traveling campaign saying tha
senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this...
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barack obama has a 50% to 46% margin over mitt romney in this latest poll, which is why mitt romney and paul ryan are stu stumping there today after modifying their plans. they were going to be in virginia, but because of the storm now they're in ohio. as you see here, the two rally supporters just a short time ago in salina, ohio. they have both spent several days in the buckeye state and have more on their calendar. let's talk a little more about the direction of that state and the voting electrorate has your own new polling out this morning showing a dead heat there. obama and romney both pulling 49% of support out of likely voters. this is in line with that tightening national race according to a number of major polls. so why is, or is it your view, that ohio is kind of the microcosm of the country? >> ohio is, indeed, fredricka. it always is. it's tied this time, but if you were to compare, let's say, texas or utah with new york and put them all in one state, you would have ohio. >> so the president has traveled to that state at least 24 times, mitt romney somewhere more than 40 ti
barack obama has a 50% to 46% margin over mitt romney in this latest poll, which is why mitt romney and paul ryan are stu stumping there today after modifying their plans. they were going to be in virginia, but because of the storm now they're in ohio. as you see here, the two rally supporters just a short time ago in salina, ohio. they have both spent several days in the buckeye state and have more on their calendar. let's talk a little more about the direction of that state and the voting...
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>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he is in the white house. so when i look at people like the former speaker, when i look at other republicans, pretty much every republican candidate who has ever run against mitt romney, all accuse him of having tremendous character flaws, not having a core, being willing to say anything to make it to the white house. this is not kind of where you look at a person and say well, this person's not qualified. >> i just said to beau biden earlier, it's all very well saying that but what about barack obama, i remember this being a very big moment, i was proud of it because i was against guantanamo bay.
>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he...
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romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is going to tell us what is going on behind the scenes at a debate right now. she knows from her experiences, plus, bill clinton's advised the next president about avoiding another disaster. first, another debate flashback. >>> the republican nominee and governor michael dukakis. >> governor, if kitty were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't and i think you know i've proposed the death penalty. >> losing that passion at that moment may have hurt him clearly in that
romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is...
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or at least supporting mitt romney. so that's what we will do when we come back. by bright eyes you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. >>> i think the future of las vegas depends on the kind of political leadership that we get in our state and our country. after all, las vegas is great national crossroads, a great international crossroads. to the extent that america is healthy and well led, then las vegas will be a great reflection of that prosperity. >> so i know you feel very differently about our economy. tell me, are we better off than four years ago? and if you obviously feel differently, why? what do we need to do to move america forward and start growing again? >> it was fun to meet mark cuban and be here with him, i was listening carefully when you were talking to him. unfortunately, i disagree with him rather starkly. four years ago, mark mentioned that we were in the throes of an earthquake. everything was shaking because there was a fault beneath us. the fault
or at least supporting mitt romney. so that's what we will do when we come back. by bright eyes you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. >>> i think the future of las vegas depends on the kind of political leadership that we get in our state and our country. after all, las vegas is great national crossroads, a great international crossroads. to the extent that america is healthy and well led, then las vegas will be a great reflection of...
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or at least supporting mitt romney. so that's what we will do when we come back. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100. 100% new. ♪ 100% greek. 100% mmm... ♪ oh wow, that is mmm... ♪ in fact it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. well ok then, new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. ♪ thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! ahh, the new fabrics, put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? the spiked heels are working. wait! [ garth ] great businesses deserve the most rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? [ cheers and applause ] >>> i think the future of las vegas depends on the kind of political leadership that we get in our state and our country. after all, las vegas is great national crossroads, a great in
or at least supporting mitt romney. so that's what we will do when we come back. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100. 100% new. ♪ 100% greek. 100% mmm... ♪ oh wow, that is mmm... ♪ in fact it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. well ok then, new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. ♪ thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! ahh, the...
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i think romney's been uneager to really delve in that. >> with mitt romney, every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney breaks out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> reporter: with time running out, this is their last chance to make their case to millions of voters in a single night. governor romney is spending the night in florida to prepare while president obama is doing his debate prep at camp david. >> tomorrow is the final round. you guessed it. you'll not see them on the campaign trail today. mitt romney is in florida prepping and president obama is at camp david. it's their last full day to get ready for the big foreign policy debate. that didn't stop others from getting out there. comedian name jeff fox worthy took his coddy act to. rahm emanuel went to florida to campaign for the president. >> it's not like a lot of gray area here. both president obama and governor romney have different visions of what it takes to move this economy forward. >> about a dozen people were lu
i think romney's been uneager to really delve in that. >> with mitt romney, every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney breaks out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> reporter: with time running out, this is their last chance to make their case to millions of voters in a single night. governor romney is spending the night in florida to prepare while president obama is doing his...
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mitt romney is up on that. he's going back to what he has always billed as his strength and that's the economy. which he sees as the president's weakness. so it's like he's really blown this and here's what i would do. it's what attracted people to him in the first place. >> so is it more designed to, you know, enthuse the base, their respective bases out there? or to win over these independent still undecided voters? >> you know, i think we're talking about such a small -- in large part both of them are stirring up their certain voters which includes their base. but the people are going to vote for them. there's some independent stuff in there of course. but mainly this is now, you know, going forward on the premise that most people have made up their minds. that those swing voters are such a small group that, yes, we heard the stuff about and i'm going to work bipartisan, i'll have people in my office from the other party every week. that's swing vote independent talk. and you need those independents, both of
mitt romney is up on that. he's going back to what he has always billed as his strength and that's the economy. which he sees as the president's weakness. so it's like he's really blown this and here's what i would do. it's what attracted people to him in the first place. >> so is it more designed to, you know, enthuse the base, their respective bases out there? or to win over these independent still undecided voters? >> you know, i think we're talking about such a small -- in large...
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mitt romney, 20. but the real question will be if there is an impact, if there are blackouts, how will that affect get-out-the-vote efforts? that's a giant x factor in the election in the coastal states, especially this must-win swing state of virginia. >> john avalon. thank you very much. tell ali velshi good morning. >> reporter: thanks. >> stick around. in 90 minutes, ali and john will have brand new interviews from the battleground bus tour in lexington, virginia. >>> former prime ministers past finally -- prime minister's past finally catches up to him. he might have been sentenced to prison but says he's not done with politics yet. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advis
mitt romney, 20. but the real question will be if there is an impact, if there are blackouts, how will that affect get-out-the-vote efforts? that's a giant x factor in the election in the coastal states, especially this must-win swing state of virginia. >> john avalon. thank you very much. tell ali velshi good morning. >> reporter: thanks. >> stick around. in 90 minutes, ali and john will have brand new interviews from the battleground bus tour in lexington, virginia....
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you say here comes romney, here comes romney. the president can stop him if right now he's ahead in wisconsin, he's ahead in ohio, ahead in the public polls in iowa, the romney campaign says that's a dead heat. if the president can hold ohio it almost impossible, not impossible, but almost impossible for governor romney to get to 270. i suspect we got two weeks to go. vice president biden will be paying income taxes in ohio by election day and the president will be through there several times too. but make no mistake, the republicans will be rolling in right behind them. >> i know you're in virginia. let's not forget florida. 29 electoral votes there. we know that florida has a lot of jewish voters. i want to play this exchange this is from last night's debate concerning the state of israel. it begins with mitt romney explaining why he keeps accusing the president of launching this apology tour early in his presidency. here he was. >> mr. president, the reason i call it an apology tour is because you went to the middle east and y
you say here comes romney, here comes romney. the president can stop him if right now he's ahead in wisconsin, he's ahead in ohio, ahead in the public polls in iowa, the romney campaign says that's a dead heat. if the president can hold ohio it almost impossible, not impossible, but almost impossible for governor romney to get to 270. i suspect we got two weeks to go. vice president biden will be paying income taxes in ohio by election day and the president will be through there several times...
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so i asked governor romney, how low can you stoop, governor romney, to allow your attorney to launch this attack on a single mom who you know cannot defend herself because she is still under that gag order. >> we'll see what happens, obviously, with the legal action here. let's turn to indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who said this. let's remind ourselves of what he said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> gloria, we talked about this issue before. you were a victim of rape, had a legal abortion. does this stagger you that these politicians running for the senate, second one now, would say such extraordinary things about something as sensitive as rape and abortion and so on? >> well, i wish i could say that it surprises me but it doesn't, because there is that kind of extremism in the republican party. we heard it from todd akin, who is running for the u.s. senate seat from missouri, when he talke
so i asked governor romney, how low can you stoop, governor romney, to allow your attorney to launch this attack on a single mom who you know cannot defend herself because she is still under that gag order. >> we'll see what happens, obviously, with the legal action here. let's turn to indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who said this. let's remind ourselves of what he said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i...
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romney is going to challenge him and he's going to say, and the great strength and weakness of the romney foreign agenda is he's got to counteract the presidency. we don't know what mitt romney will do or not, so he can basically say to the president, look, you need to arm me the rebels. you need to seriously consider a no fly zone, but there is a trap there for the governor because that takes america down a road away from the reality that the domestic economy is going to be the key issue. so that's one. israel is another key issue, and here i think the romney campaign really does -- can get some traction in a state like florida. the fact is, the president went after a comprehensive settlement freeze. it failed, and in the process he not only alienated the israelis, but he also alienated the palestinians and the arabs as well and made a bad situation worse. >> i'm going to interrupt you because time is always fleeting, and i want to bring up iran because that seems to be the critical issue of the moment for both of these men. what do you do with iran? should a military strike be considere
romney is going to challenge him and he's going to say, and the great strength and weakness of the romney foreign agenda is he's got to counteract the presidency. we don't know what mitt romney will do or not, so he can basically say to the president, look, you need to arm me the rebels. you need to seriously consider a no fly zone, but there is a trap there for the governor because that takes america down a road away from the reality that the domestic economy is going to be the key issue. so...
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romney? we have some new poll numbers from that crucial battleground state. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. even when we cross our "t"s and dot our "i"s, we still run into problems -- mainly other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where...
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romney take it back. as cnn's john king reports, the answer is likely to lie in the suburbs in washington's backyard. >> you know, in ten straight presidential elections virginia had been reliably red and 2008 came along. you see it blue for president obama. let's pop it up. i drew in the northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else in the state john mccain and barack obama were even. the margin was 234,000 votes. all of it came from here. >> reporter: urgency in a place once reliably red. >> this is from the republican party in virginia. >> mitt romney's path to the white house run through virginia and to win it he must win it within an hour's drive of washington. >> it's all about northern virginia. they've moved here from democratic areas that they have turned a solid red state into a purple state. >> reporter: recent polls show a dead heat but this republican pollster likes the trend line. >> if you look at the dozen polls in virginia taken before the first presidential debate on october 3rd, obama was
romney take it back. as cnn's john king reports, the answer is likely to lie in the suburbs in washington's backyard. >> you know, in ten straight presidential elections virginia had been reliably red and 2008 came along. you see it blue for president obama. let's pop it up. i drew in the northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else in the state john mccain and barack obama were even. the margin was 234,000 votes. all of it came from here. >> reporter: urgency in a place once reliably...
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romney can win. romney is deploying his resources and previously won by double digit states of president obama's so we're down to the ground game. there's little that these gentlemen can say at this point that can exceed what their ground game has to do. we have a great ground game. we don't even -- our high propensity voters haven't even voted yet and i would disagree with my esteemed colleague and beautiful husband that it wasn't the debate, what happened at the debate was that romney filled the hole that voters wanted to be comfortable voting against barack obama and for mitt romney which is what romney's going to do for the next four years to grow the economy. there's nothing fundamental has changed. this economy is the worst ever, energy prices are not down and people are living the same life they lived four years ago. so that's what this race is about. not the polls. >> look, first of all, president obama won by 7.3 last time so he doesn't have the duplicate what he did in 2008 to win. secondly
romney can win. romney is deploying his resources and previously won by double digit states of president obama's so we're down to the ground game. there's little that these gentlemen can say at this point that can exceed what their ground game has to do. we have a great ground game. we don't even -- our high propensity voters haven't even voted yet and i would disagree with my esteemed colleague and beautiful husband that it wasn't the debate, what happened at the debate was that romney filled...
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romney's attack on mr. obama's decision not to visit israel during his first foreign president. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and by the way, you skipped israel. >> if we're going to talk about trips that we've taken -- >> reporter: for factory workers in ohio, the flare up over romney's opposition to the auto bailout. >> iran, mr. president. >> no, i am not wrong. >> people will look it up. >> and for military voters in virginia, romney's charge that the size of the navy is at 1917 levels. >> well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. >> reporter: it was hardly a direct hit for either candidate. as it turns out, every marine still undergoes bayonet training. and the fact checking watchdog blame the president for the current navy fleet levels as pants on fire. now, as for the president's blueprint that he laid out earlier today talking about his second term agenda, we did talk to some senio
romney's attack on mr. obama's decision not to visit israel during his first foreign president. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and by the way, you skipped israel. >> if we're going to talk about trips that we've taken -- >> reporter: for factory workers in ohio, the flare up over romney's opposition to the auto bailout. >> iran, mr. president. >> no, i am not wrong. >> people will look it up....
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when barack obama and michelle obama were talking to mitt romney's family, tagg romney, mitt romney's son, who had made a comment i want to smack barack obama, puts his arm behind barack obama's back. >> he does it camera side so we see it and now watch what's going to happen. this is like owning the president right here. the president is going to maneuver. he's in a difficult position but he's going to get a couple smacks back. bam. there it is. he's like listen, i'm still the president, simmer down. look what happens here, though. look it. tagg right here, now fixes his pants and gets in this broadside display. >> reporter: maybe his belt's not tight enough. >> but it's interesting timing. this is a sense of pride. this is a body language gesture with pride, like a cowboy. it's like he said dad, i got a smack in. >> reporter: those are the last things we remember from the debate. >> that's what we saw. >> up next, her question triggered one of the most heated exchanges of the town hall debate and led to romney's comments about binders full of women. katherine fenton found herself in
when barack obama and michelle obama were talking to mitt romney's family, tagg romney, mitt romney's son, who had made a comment i want to smack barack obama, puts his arm behind barack obama's back. >> he does it camera side so we see it and now watch what's going to happen. this is like owning the president right here. the president is going to maneuver. he's in a difficult position but he's going to get a couple smacks back. bam. there it is. he's like listen, i'm still the president,...
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on 30 rock, don cheadle is paid to endorse mitt romney. here it is. >> hi, i'm hollywood liberal don cheadle and i support -- barack obama would have you believe that african-americans are better off under his leadership. but i just got $10 million for appearing in an ad for mitt romney. so ask yourselves, brothers and sisters, who's really got your back? because from where i'm standing, mitt romney is -- oh, my dear -- >> dean is here. your new article on cnn.com, are you getting more material from the right or from the left? >> it depends on what you're talking about. i try to get material from both. i think sometimes some of the politicians on the right give us more material. but some of the stuff this week was ridiculous. you had trump and coulter and sarah palin and john sununu. i just wrote an article entitled "ignore the publicity whores." the media reflects what we want. if ann coulter doesn't date ratings on piers morgan, she's not going to get them -- >> you were really flabbergasted at that. and then you sent me something -- and
on 30 rock, don cheadle is paid to endorse mitt romney. here it is. >> hi, i'm hollywood liberal don cheadle and i support -- barack obama would have you believe that african-americans are better off under his leadership. but i just got $10 million for appearing in an ad for mitt romney. so ask yourselves, brothers and sisters, who's really got your back? because from where i'm standing, mitt romney is -- oh, my dear -- >> dean is here. your new article on cnn.com, are you getting...
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and i'm glad that governor romney romney agrees with the steps we're taking. there have been times, governor, during the step of this campaign where you thought you would dot same thing we did but say them louder and it would make a difference. it turns out the work involved in setting up these sanctions is painstaking. it is my meticulous. the reason it is so important, is it is a testament to how we restored american credibility and strength around the world, is we had to make sure all countries participated. even countries like rush why si china. we have had sanctions in place for a long time. it is because we got everybody to agree that iran is seeing so much pressure and we have to maintain that pressure. there is a deal to be had that is that they abide about the i rules that have been established. they con vin the international community. they are not pursuing a nuclear program. there are inspeck is that are very intrusive. but over time what they can do is regain mobility. and one last thing just to make this point, the clock is ticking. we're not goin
and i'm glad that governor romney romney agrees with the steps we're taking. there have been times, governor, during the step of this campaign where you thought you would dot same thing we did but say them louder and it would make a difference. it turns out the work involved in setting up these sanctions is painstaking. it is my meticulous. the reason it is so important, is it is a testament to how we restored american credibility and strength around the world, is we had to make sure all...
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where does governor romney and ryan go. just as important or more important, campaigns have to make decisions and the obama campaign recently borrowed $15 million. money is not scarce. these guys have raised a boat load of money and not taking public financing and not subject to caps, but you are at a point where you have to make consequential decisions and every decision is make or break. we are talking to democrats and they will wait and see what happens in the 48 hours with the numbers. if the answer is no and florida and north carolina are moving his way, they think the smart thing to do is scale back and build a fire wall in the midwest. >> you have done commercials for candidates. how does it work logistically and how often are they polling and how much communication is there between the ad people and the poll people to determine our ads? >> sometimes the ad people tell you way too much communication with the polling people. the ad guys and they do the math. it's a little bit about and they are polling around the cloc
where does governor romney and ryan go. just as important or more important, campaigns have to make decisions and the obama campaign recently borrowed $15 million. money is not scarce. these guys have raised a boat load of money and not taking public financing and not subject to caps, but you are at a point where you have to make consequential decisions and every decision is make or break. we are talking to democrats and they will wait and see what happens in the 48 hours with the numbers. if...